Well, Perl 6 will let you do: 
       if (@array[3,4] ^=~ /\S/) { ... }

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so, in Perl 6, will that mean "and" or "or"?

Neither. It's exactly the same as: if (@array[3] =~ /\S/, @array[4] =~ /\S/) { ... }

which is true if @array[4] contains any non-whitespace.

That is, I recall ^=~ being able to work over a list, but what will if do with the resulting list?

Just what a Perl 5 if does with it.

In other words, does it become this (a grep-ish map)?

No, I don't believe so.

BTW, what you're looking for is: if (any(@array[3,4]) =~ /\S/) {...} or: if (all(@array[3,4]) =~ /\S/) {...} both of which (I'm very hopeful) will be standard in Perl 6.

In reply to Re: (tye)Re: regexp searches over array slices by TheDamian
in thread regexp searches over array slices by Reverend Phil

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